The combination of intelligence and humour that poured out of Gore Vidal was always wonderful. He was on top form here.

R.I.P. dear soul/ thank you for your truth,humor and courage

Enjoy the Beyond, Gore. We miss your voice.

Gore Vidal was tremendous. Never a sheep. Intelligence, impeccable style and speaks the truth.

This was recorded on June 4, 2004. At the time Vidal would have been 78 years old going on 79. He died eight years later in 2012.

The U.S. is and always has been an imperial power; we do it with slight variations as compared with, say, 16th Century Spain or 19th Century Britain, but how can it not be glaringly obvious that we are an imperial power?

Name me a politician who does NOT lie? I have yet to run into one that hasn't in my lifetime.

why must I come across these great minds after it's too late to see them in the flesh? It makes me wonder what temporal greatness is in its twilight that my little flashlight has prevented me from discovering.

RIP (Return If Possible) Mr. Vidal....America needs all its ablest gadflies in this hour of dire need!.

He's like Bertrand Russell as a comedian.

He loves his country, like no other . He is like the real friend who tells you about your faults , unedited , becouse he really cares about you ...

@Svenhartley The lady is Amy Goodman, the host of the great news broadcast Democracy Now. You will find similiar material as this if you drop by their website.

The three greatest ambassadors of truth. GORE VIDAL. NOAM CHOMSKY. CHRIS HEDGES. Watching Gore Vidal is a privilege

A man who earned the right to be pretentious unlike so many who behave that way who haven't

Who, in ‘The #Trump Era’ does not now wish that #GoreVidal were here with us...?! His case for #Impeachment by virtue of #Lying obviously did, in fact, provoke my response. I merely wanted to further point out that: #DemocracyNow has an : Excellent Archive!🌹

Bravo GV !

@MenOfLetters Thanks!

Gore Vidal. We miss you so. A brilliant writer, superb orator, no phony and a great wit.

Gore was way ahead of his time. I remember when he first spoke of Imperial America and how Americans simply had no clue as to what he was saying...just Vidal being Vidal...he was pretty much right on the money.

I've always wondered what Gore would have said about our last clown as president?

who is the woman at the begining?

Given the passage of time and the scope of history, GV wasn't always right, just as WFB wasn't always right, but I loved to listen to both of them and still do.

I LOVED Gore Vidal whom I thought told the truth more often than not. My mentor Howard Zinn too died quickly. Those in whom I placed my trust have melted into nothingness. Perhaps, given the horrific nature of 2012 politics they truly are better off. I am sad and sickened at the naked corruption in both parties BUT a special reservation of horror goes to Romneybot who is among the oligarchs controlling it all. See George Carlin's "The American Dream" youtube if one wants to see genius.

He predicted the final nightmare: TRUMP aka King Orange, and he sounding about it for generations. Wonderful, a true American

This may have been May 21st 2004.

I own that book, but the reality is it is NOT the "United States" as a vague entity. Rather it is factions of people, often likeminded with foriegn interests and those interests are those who we could show are aligned with Canada and the UK, Anglophilic in nature, that run roughshod over whatever 'American Empire' Gore speaks of. That deep relationship is anti-American as America was born as a reaction against empire and nations like Mexico were born into real Empires. Santa Anna was not President of Mexico. He was its Emperor. The real story has to do with WHY the United States fills the void left by the British, and other colonial powers like France like France. To call this an empire is a misnomer, but did you know the 'Dutch' empire never ended, it transformed into something else.

I want to hear what he would have to say about Mr trump

If I can let me divide how the system works. At the top of Pyramid is Central Bank. The central bank issue currency, and even better it is reserved currency of the word. To enforce that Status the right hand of Central bank is US military force worldwide. If some countries where Oil and other raw materials decides to switch from dollar to other currency, US army attack that country at any cost, because it enables the dollar to keep its value that is peggedwith these commodities and the Econ Back

When these players get these dollars they keep a certain amount of dollars in their vaults in the form of US treasury ("Safe heaven"), or buy some shares and after that they buy gold. Now because all the players still not invaded has more dollars, lets say last year they sold for 1 M dollar and this year for 1,5 million, which is 50% increase. Now lest say this year they again proportionally they spend their dollars on Shares, treasuries and gold, and gold stand at 20% of reserve.

Biting humor at its best.

The price of Gold rises. Because they know that the dollar only good as long as its sustain its value against gold and other materials. Now these exporters want to get the same amount of gold for the the same amount of oil sold as last year, so they rise their prices. This vicious circle occurs anytime when Central bank prints extra dollars. And this is the main reason why US government tries to keep the dollar as low as possible because it is the barometer of real money

Amy looks so young here! I guess the last 12 yrs have been rough

Anybody watching this in 2021?

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Two party one system Obama bush trump Clinton so on , one talks war and drops bombs, the other talks peace and drops bombs

R.I.P what a lost.

Hit Denmark, the fact that he (Bush) doesn't know what he's doing... I've gone a long way around... I have this dream, they need a railway station in Baghdad.. This little terrier marching around "I'm a war time President... This was a great rambling surrealistic rant from Gore who looked as though he had just rolled out of bed to appear with Amy and Juan on Democracy Now at their little studio in Chinatown in The United States of Amnesia. Thank you Amy, Juan, Gore

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You can check the price of Oil, food, and anything else have remained the same or even decrease during the last 100 years, and real estate actually decreased quite a lot and the salaries of cause lost a lot of purchasing power.

about terrorist in that invaded country. Now companies borrow money to invest in new equipment to build these machines. Because US army already used all the credit and savings that society accumulated per year plus extra printed money, The central bank lend at 0% to the national bank that serves that company and provides credit. Well, this last only for a while, because other players still not invaded get more and more dollars or as we know increased demand.

Democracy Now before they sold out!

Chomsky himself says America is one of the most open and free societies. Just because one is willing to criticise the US government for burning Iraqi children does not mean they should have to live in Saudi Arabia. By the way, work on grammar and syntax if you want people to take your ridiculous ideas seriously.

@rickw1100 Amy is the boss. You will learn some manners and crook the knee in humble subjection you little boy. Or I will get Mr. Vidal to club you on the head :)

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Gore Vidal is a great mind. However, I can't stomach ideological partisans no matter how intellectually compelling their ideas may seem to be. His blanket support of Democrats feels unnerving to me, considering their complicity in allowing American imperialism to flourish. I believe Robert Anton Wilson phrased it best by stating: "Disciples are like assholes. They always find another human being to cling to". I believe that same logic applies to political party loyalty,. This phraseology can also be said of cult-of-personality types like the late Gore Vidal with his many awe-struck admirers. Scrutinize, analyze, and reason in all things, friends. Let truth have your complete loyalty.

the first words of the video are the woman saying "I'm Amy Goodman."

No, the US is not 'hated by all' and realize Communists, like those who were in the USSR would be a REAL EMPIRE. Don't agree, move to a real communist nation like North Korea, or heck just move to China and speak your mind openly, be political active and say you Hate China and you hate the CCP and let's see how long you last. If the US were a real empire, Gore Vidal would be treated like the Soviets or CCP Chinese would treat him if he talked smack in their nation or sphere of influence. He'd be 'disappeared' and not appear on shows like Democracy Now, and if Stalin were in charge or Mao, he would be erased from history completely 1984 style. How this that as a combination of intelligence and humor and not being a sheep.

Amy is annoying- but I enjoy listening to Gore.

I want to hear what he would have to say about Mr trump